4/27/10 - By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Riza Caparros, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth Public Affairs, NORFOLK (NNS) -- A group of Navy dentists volunteered their time and skills to help the less fortunate in Hampton Roads when they participated in Project Homeless Connect April 21 at the Norfolk Scope.

4/28/10 - By Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs
WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy surgeon general discussed the importance of the Navy's role in providing needed humanitarian assistance in Haiti April 27 at Howard University's Health Care Symposium.

4/29/10 - By Judith Snyderman, Defense Media Activity WASHINGTON (NNS) -- A program that started three years ago to help Navy and Marine families cope with stress from multiple deployments and other types of pressure has proven so successful it has become a model for the defense department…

5/11/10 - From Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- Navy Medicine, along with personnel from key military commands, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and interagency partners, came together May 5-6 for an after action review conference to capture lessons learned from Navy Medicine's support for Operation Unified Response.

7/13/10 - FALLS CHURCH, Va. – More than 3,000 personnel from Health Affairs/TRICARE Management Activity (HA/TMA) and the Service medical headquarters currently scattered throughout the National Capital Region (NCR) will join forces at a single campus at 7700 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church, Va. The move is one of many changes mandated under 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission recommendations approved by the President and Congress.

7/27/10 - By Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Anastasia Puscian, Naval Medical Center San Diego Public Affairs - SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Naval Medical Center San Diego has facilitated the Drug Education For Youth (DEFY) program for the past 11 years, to educate youth about the dangers of drugs while developing important character and leadership skills through positive role modeling and community outreach.

8/3/2010 From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs - OAK HARBOR, Wash. (NNS) - The Navy surgeon general visited Naval Hospital Oak Harbor (NHOH) located on Naval Air Station Whidbey Island Aug. 3 as part of his tour of Navy medical facilities in the Pacific Northwest.

8/3/10 - By Sharon McIntyre, Naval Hospital Oak Harbor Public Affairs - OAK HARBOR, Wash.--Two Naval Hospital Oak Harbor Corpsmen participated in the “National Night Out” celebration on 3 August 2010. HM2 Billy Williams and HM2 Jeremiah Baldwin, in coordination with the local North Whidbey Lyons Club, set up shop in a health screening van with five stations for testing at Windjammer Park. The five tests...

8/9/2010 From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs - BETHESDA, Md. (NNS) -- After 42 years of service in the U.S. Navy, the deputy Navy surgeon general retired during an official ceremony held at the National Naval Medical Center Aug. 6.

8/13/2010 By Valerie A. Kremer, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs - WASHINGTON (NNS) - Concussions can happen in many ways, from sports injuries or in the case of war, during conflicts in which service members may be injured by explosions causing mild to significant head/brain trauma.

8/19/2010 - From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs - WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) redesigned the Web site for Project FOCUS (Families OverComing Under Stress) to better serve military families trying to cope with stress associated with multiple overseas deployments.

8/28/2010 - From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs - WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The 23rd director of the Navy Nurse Corps was appointed in a ceremony at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington, D.C, Aug. 27.

9/20/10 - Dr. Wayman Cheatham, special assistant for medical research to The Navy Surgeon General and Director, Navy Medicine Research and Development Center, Navy Bureau of Medicine & Surgery for Wednesday, Sept. 22 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.

9/27/2010 - By Valerie A. Kremer, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs, WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Flu season has arrived and the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) responded with a flu vaccination exercise (SHOTEX) for all hands held at BUMED in Washington, D.C., Sept. 27.

10/5/2010 - By Paul Dillard, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs, WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, for Medical Operations and Future Plans was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral (Upper Half) Oct 4 during a ceremony at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery in Washington by the Navy's Surgeon General.

10/5/2010 - From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs, WASHINGTON (NNS) -- U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery announced the global launch of a new Web-based continuing care support system for military personnel, family members and retirees who are enrolled within the Navy Substance Abuse and Rehabilitation Services.

10/13/10 - From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs, WASHINGTON (NNS) -- In a birthday message to the Navy Medicine global workforce, Navy Surgeon General Vice Adm. Adam M. Robinson, Jr. thanked the medical community for their hard work and reminded them of their proud naval heritage.

10/13/10 - By Valerie Kremer, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs, WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) recently produced a 200-page graphic novel called "The Docs" as a communication tool to help Navy Corpsmen with the stresses of combat deployments.

10/21/10 - By Larry Coffey, Navy Medical Support Command Public Affairs, SAN ANTONIO (NNS) -- The Navy Medicine Information Systems Support Activity (NAVMISSA) held a ribbon cutting ceremony Oct. 21, officially marking NAVMISSA's relocation from the San Antonio Garcia Federal Building to its permanent location in the San Antonio Bank of America (BOA) Plaza.

11/4/10 - From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs, PHOENIX (NNS) -- The Navy surgeon general highlighted the medical role in the U.S. military's growing humanitarian assistance mission during the 116th meeting of the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States (AMSUS) at the Phoenix Convention Center Nov. 1-4.

The Lucky Few," is a documentary about the courageous rescue of thousands of South Vietnamese refugees on the high seas by the USS Kirk at the fall of South Vietnam in 1975. Produced by the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, the one-hour film tells the story of a rescue that was not televised as the helicopters landing on the roof of the American Embassy in Saigon were—yet this rescue involved tens of thousands of people.

11/15/10 From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs - DJIBOUTI, Djibouti - The U.S. Navy surgeon general was presented with the Medal of the Commander of the National Order by Djibouti's prime minister in Djibouti Nov. 14.

12/7/10 - From Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Public Affairs, SAN ANTONIO (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy surgeon general addressed the importance of controlling HIV/AIDS in global military and peacekeeping organizations to an international audience Dec. 6, during the 10th annual HIV/AIDS Planning and Policy Seminar held at the Crowne Plaza Dec 3.-10.